MTN Super8 semis- draw

[Posted 09 Aug 2011][By Brighton Mupangavanhu]

The draw for South Africa's season opening MTN Super 8 semi-finals was conducted last night, and good news for the SOWETO giants, if it is at all, is that Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates will not contest each other for a final spot.

Chiefs were drawn against in-form Ajax Cape Town, and it is not an easy draw at all for the Amakhosi. The Urban Warriors are fresh from a 5-2 morale-boosting victory over former champions Supersport United.

Defending Champions Orlando Pirates were paired against a team eager to re- assert their status as the most successful South African club in the era of the Premier Soccer League in the country, Mamelodi Sundowns.

The semi-finals will be played over two legs, on a home and way basis.

Chiefs will host Ajax on the weekend of 20/21 August, and Pirates will entertain Sundowns at home during the same period.